Alana is quickly unusual and striking, and-when Anderson introduces her in a languid dolly-shot with a mini-skirt, kitten-heels, slumped shoulders and a gloriously pissed expression-we are compelled to fall in really like with her, just like Gary does, at first sight. A bored, directionless photographer’s assistant, Alana nonchalantly rejects any uncomplicated plot-stage that could enable us get a grasp on her character.